David Meyler

[The Fly]

we have talked about this I think maybe one million times on here

That would be some achievement in only 201 posts, Bing.

[Guidedbyvoices]

In fairness Fly, not having a go at ya, we have talked about this I think maybe one million times on here and certainly more in other subjects...
The difficulty of recovering from that injury to play, let's say, football, is vastly different from case to case. VASTLY different.
But they are getting way better at it.
There are a TON of different situations people can have when they injure that "area" of the body.
As far as Football goes, as discussed, it was a good sport for that particular part of the body. In his exact case...
It is different from "Tearing the knee" or even if he had played Quarterback for Ohio State.
They would NOT rush his injury, it makes 0% economic sense.
This has been...discussed at length.

What are you rabbiting on about? Makes no sense whatsoever!!

[SkStu]

dont worry lads, i think Crosby smokes A LOT of weed.

[tommy_c12000]

Meyler is in squad for Fulham game again tomorrow. Fingers crossed he will make the bench this time and get some game time:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...em/9258844.stm

[tommy_c12000]

Wow he's starting V Fulham!!

[paul_oshea]

Good news

[tommy_c12000]

This is a huge opportunity for him. Fans reckon, Richardson is on left while Henderson is pushed out to the right with Cattermole in the centre with Meyler. Bruce must really rate him highly. Interesting to see how long Meyler will last, doubt he will be able to last the full 90

http://www.blackcatchat.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5202

[Sullivinho]

Could hardly believe it when I saw him warming up, he's raring to go. Fingers crossed for no setbacks.

[tommy_c12000]

Good solid opening from him .He looks really strong

[Charlie Darwin]

This is a huge opportunity for him. Fans reckon, Richardson is on left while Henderson is pushed out to the right with Cattermole in the centre with Meyler. Bruce must really rate him highly. Interesting to see how long Meyler will last, doubt he will be able to last the full 90

http://www.blackcatchat.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5202

Henderson's been on the right for a while now. It's Richardson who's been pushed back to the left after having played the last game in the centre. I assume Welbeck has made way, unless he's up front instead of Gyan.

[tommy_c12000]

Henderson's been on the right for a while now. It's Richardson who's been pushed back to the left after having played the last game in the centre. I assume Welbeck has made way, unless he's up front instead of Gyan.

Gyan made way. Welback and Bent up front. SHocking game

[tetsujin1979]

Hard to believe he's come back from a cruciate injury in such a short time, it must be some kind of record?

[SkStu]

he's done okay. Playing a conservative role which is fine. Dire game alright.

Great for the lad. Good news in a strange year for irish players.

[SkStu]

off after 55 minutes, replaced by Gyan. A smart move from Bruce and great to see him get through his time on the pitch so well.

[tommy_c12000]

Hard to believe he's come back from a cruciate injury in such a short time, it must be some kind of record?

Interesting paper I found on the subject published in 2006. It carried out a study in 2002 on Serie A players recovering from varying degrees of damage to the ACL. I don't know the full extent of Meyler's injury but presume he required full ACL reconstruction (I'm open to correction). In this study there were 38 cases of arthroscopic ACL reconstruction (this was more than likely Meyler's procedure) (8%). The average time to return to competition was 7.7 months (Meyler is just under this) while one crazy guy came back in 76 days! Can get full paper in college but not able to post here. Here's the abstract for those interested:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/2556115211k31x27/

[theworm2345]

Interesting paper I found on the subject published in 2006. It carried out a study in 2002 on Serie A players recovering from varying degrees of damage to the ACL. I don't know the full extent of Meyler's injury but presume he required full ACL reconstruction (I'm open to correction). In this study there were 38 cases of arthroscopic ACL reconstruction (this was more than likely Meyler's procedure) (8%). The average time to return to competition was 7.7 months (Meyler is just under this) while one crazy guy came back in 76 days! Can get full paper in college but not able to post here. Here's the abstract for those interested:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/2556115211k31x27/

These guys have nothing on Marvin Andrews
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...icle571995.ece

The sad thing is a similar injury ruled him out of the World Cup in 2006

[tommy_c12000]

Meyler lasted 53 mins. Gyan on

[tommy_c12000]

Return received very positive reviews from Sunderland supporters yesterday. They feel that he has a huge part to play in the second half of the season. While acknowledging that he was a bit of the pace at times, it was understandable after being 32 weeks out. Link to his twitter page as well:

http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthr...=548407&page=2

[elroy]

Sunderland are a solid team, particularly at home and have a no nonsense manager in Bruce which is only good news for a lad like Meyler. I'd def back them for a top ten finish this year and hopefully Meyler will play a big role in that as the season progresses.

[Crosby87]

So Elroy would you say at this point Meyler will get on the field for Ireland in Feb? Or is it more likely he is named to the squad but stays on the bench? Or not in the squad at all? If you had to say right now what would you say?